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Genus: Bassia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots >  Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae . Subfamily: Chenopodioideae

About 10 species, native to Eurasia and Africa, with 4 species found in southern Africa. Found in salt marshes along the coast and along rivers.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Bassia  diffusa

 

Bassia dinteri

 

Bassia indica

 

Bassia salsoloides

 

Publications

  • Scott, A.J. 1978. A revision of the Camphorosmoideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium 89: 101-119.

  

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